Pictured here are three medieval military weapons, all early cannon. The gun at top measures about 43 inches in length and dates to 1450-1500. The middle also measures abiut 43 inches in length and dates to 1480 to 1500 and could be used on a ship. The bottom cannon shot stones. It dates to 1450-1476. It measures about 32 inches in length.

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